Bronze Sculpture for Sale
Merlin park, 2022
Painting : mixed media · 7.5 x 7.5 x 0.1 cm 3 x 3 x 0 inch · Ready to hang
€183
€165
165 €
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Painting : Unique artwork
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Artwork sold in perfect condition, framed, ready to hang
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Technique & Support
mixed media on wood
Dimensions ( cm • inch )
7.5 x 7.5 x 0.1 cm 3 x 3 x 0 inch Height x Width x Depth
Artwork dimensions including frame
13 x 13 x 3 cm 5.1 x 5.1 x 1.2 inch
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Description
"Sheela na Gig" was the embryonic beginning of a larger series of intimate works - "Origins" - exploring the idea of female sexuality, fertility and motherhood through symbology and myth. Its name is not only a reference to our "origins" birth, but also the confusing web of human mythological history and how we decipher it. The Sheela na Gig is an image found carved throughout western Europe, but especially in Ireland. Incongruously ornamenting churches and cathedrals, these bizarre grotesque naked women expose hugely exaggerated vulvas. Their origins are obscure, with differing theories as to the age and purpose of these curious symbols. This obscurity is one of the reasons I find them so intriguing. Their ambiguity allows them to become something other, to evolve and devolve, to fold in upon themselves, weird anomalies seemingly out of space and time. The series draws on my academic background in Celtic history, mythology and literature, weaving together different elements of legends and forgotten lore, using this concept of thread as a symbolic connective fuse. Working on a small scale to create a painful intimacy, "Sheela na Gig" and "Origins" was originally conceived as a larger composite piece, a mosaic of facelessness, each square existing both individually and as part of the collective, just like mythological stories – pieces of an incomplete puzzle. 'Origins' was created in tandem with another series of works, “Mother", which focuses on the nipple as a source of female power and oppression. Together they represent the composite parts to which women are often reduced, but through a lens of female experience. In contrast to being representations of oppression, they become symbols of empowerment.
Presentation
Elizabeth Hefty-Khoury is a London-born artist and writer who is currently based in Valencia, Spain.
She holds an MFA in Fine Art – Painting from the Art Institute, California, and an MA in Welsh/Celtic Studies from the University of Wales.
Her abiding love of history and literature has led to a body of work that has a strong narrative structure, combining elements of comparative mythology and poetry with an examination of cultural dichotomies and conflicts which mirror her own mixed cultural identity. She is especially interested in the analysing of similarities and differences in Northern European and Middle Eastern myths, legends and symbols. The past and its reinterpretation in the present is a theme constantly re-occurring in her painting and writing, drawing not only on the theoretical but also on her own experiences. Her latest works include combining the expressions of drawing and writing, reimagining obscure Celtic symbols within the context of contemporary feminism, and a visual and literary journey through the streets of Beirut.
Exhibitions
2023: Rebirth Beirut, Beirut – The Human Condition
2023: Bloom Gallery, Valencia – Plastic Fantastic
2022: Bloom Gallery, Valencia – Levant/e, Binary Art Gathering, The Sea, Caras
2021: Bloom Gallery/Arneli Art Gallery, online – NEXUS
2013: Ray Edwards Gallery, East High School, Madison – The Book of Journeys
2013: Halka Art Project, Istanbul – The Book of Journeys
2013: Galeria Color Elefante, Valencia – The Book of Journeys
2013: Charles Allis and Vilas Terrace Museums, Milwaukee, Jewish Museum, Milwaukee – A Chair to Remember
2013: Edgerton Hospital Gallery, Edgerton – Beginning & End
2012 Ray Edwards Gallery, East High School, Madison – Beginning & End
2012 K2W, Madison
2012: Off Your Feet Cyber Gallery
2012: Berlin Art Club, Berlin, Germany
2010: Evolution Arts Collective, Madison
2010: MAOAS, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison
2010: Evolution Arts Collective, Madison
2009: Evolution Arts Collective, Madison
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